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Foreign and Native-Born Stem Graduates and Innovation Intensity in the United States

Winters, John V. - 2015

This paper examines the effects of foreign- and native-born STEM graduates and non-STEM graduates on patent intensity … in U.S. metropolitan areas. I find that both native and foreign-born STEM graduates significantly increase metropolitan … area patent intensity, but college graduates in non-STEM fields have a smaller and statistically insignificant effect on …

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Do Earnings by College Major Affect Graduate Migration?

Winters, John V. - 2015

College graduates are considerably more mobile than non-graduates, and previous literature suggests that the difference … is at least partially attributable to college graduates being more responsive to employment opportunities in other areas … paper uses microdata from the American Community Survey to examine how the migration decisions of young college graduates …

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Household Migration and Child Educational Attainment : The Case of Uganda

Ferrone, Lucia - 2015

In many Sub-Saharan African countries, a large number of people migrate internally or abroad because of demographic, economic and political factors. This pronounced mobility is likely to have consequences for child education, which is still a matter of concern in the region. We study this issue...

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Eastern Partnership Migrants in Germany : Outcomes, Potentials and Challenges

Biavaschi, Costanza - 2014

Despite the ongoing dialogue on facilitating mobility between the European Union and the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries, very little is known about the magnitude and characteristics of migration from these countries. We find that EaP migrants experience worse labor market outcomes than...

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Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Abilities of Immigrants : New Perspectives on Migrant Quality from a Selective Immigration Country

Naghsh Nejad, Maryam - 2019

Economic theory suggests that selective immigration policies based on observable characteristics will affect unobservable migrant quality. Little empirical evidence exists on this hypothesis. We quantify traditionally unobservable components of migrant quality in Australia, a high-migrant share...

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The Labour Market Effect of Immigration : Accounting for Effective Immigrant Work Experience in New Zealand

Tse, Michael - 2016

This guide, updated for the 2016-17 job market season, describes the U.S. academic market for new Ph.D. economists and offers advice on conducting an academic job search. It provides data, reports findings from published papers, describes practical details, and includes links to online...

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Migration with Pension Reform Expectations

Góra, Marek - 2018

Pension reforms, which imply a reduction in the generosity of pension benefits, are becoming widespread in response to the demographic transition. The scale, the timing, and the pace of these reforms vary across countries. In this theoretical article, authors analyse individual migration...

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Motherhood, Migration, and Self-Employment of College Graduates

Cai, Zhengyu - 2019

true for college graduates, who tend to have more successful businesses. Access to childcare may also affect their labor …

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Migration and University Education : An Empirical (Macro) Link

AKKOYUNLU, SULE; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2022

Distinguishing between short-run and long-run outcomes we provide new insight into the relationship between education and migration. We examine the specific link between the acquisition of high levels of human capital in the form of university education in Turkey and migration to Germany. We...

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Return Versus Onward Migration : Go Back or Move on?

Bijwaard, Govert; Wahba, Jackline - 2022

This paper examines the impact of unemployment on out-migration by distinguishing between return and onward migration and controlling for total earnings. We use Timing-of-Events models and control for the endogeneity of total earnings, unemployment and out-migration using administrative data...

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